My plan states that in the puree and soft food phase I can have chicken, soft like the chicken in the can. Does that mean I have to puree the chicken or i can eat it as is?

soft food phase for sure.

I didn't eat chicken during the pureed phase. My guess is you'd have to puree it, but check with your clinic.

If you chew it really well you shouldn’t have to purée it. My nutritionist said chew until puréed (chew about 25 times) because no one wants to eat puréed meat ? Just make sure it’s moist and not dried out.

During the puree phase, I ate chicken by grinding it in the blender. I would grind up chicken curry and add some broth, or grind up soup and add some chicken.

During the soft food stage, my doc suggested starting with chicken thighs. Even though they have more fat, they are softer and easier on your healing stomach.

Soft white fishes are also good. My doc said I could have them even during the puree stage.

Edit: Chew everything to applesauce consistency.

Edited September 6, 20215 yr by Dave In Houston

I would ask your program to make sure, but often some of the soft canned meats like tuna or chicken are acceptable to some. We didn't have a discrete puree phase (it was just lumped in together with all of the liquid to soft things and we could move between them as we could tolerate,) so I can't say for sure how your program wants to run things.

"Deviled chicken" is pretty soft and smooth. Look for it next to Deviled Ham in the grocery.